TAFE SA

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (14:30): Supplementary question: the minister referred to inputs and the cost of outputs, so could the minister provide greater detail on what she means by 'cost of outputs'?

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (14:30): The cost of delivering services—the different training courses have different costs associated with them. Some are in simple classrooms and require very little other supports; others, like forestry for instance, require state-of-the-art simulating machines that cost tens of thousands of dollars. All of these things—I can't believe this is economics 101. He is supposed to be the former treasurer, the former failed treasurer, though, and perhaps that is why he doesn't understand the cost inputs of running a service—former failed treasurer.